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New Allura Fong animation

In Allura Fong's new animation HEARTS AND FLOWERS, the viewer floats above a painted, 3D landscape while artist Allura Fong sings “You Are My Sunshine” and shares heartfelt ideas about love and acceptance. The camera glides past abstract sculptures that are awash with color, set against ethereal drawings, reflective solids and densely layered paintings.

Fong describes the animation as a “garden of love” with each color symbolizing an emotion. Fong says, “Every time I get up in the morning I have a different mood: happy, mad, frustrated….” and she associates these moods with certain colors. “Mad is red and light pinks, happy is bright colors like yellows and metallics, sad is light colors, frustrated is different shades of brown, and bad moods are all black or grey”. Making the art for the animation was a daily practice for Fong, much like a gardener cultivates a plot of land.

Fong’s vocal expressions and accompanying visuals work as complementary aspects of the artist's emotional sensibility. “When I feel angry or sad I try to put it behind me...singing songs helps, and painting, and making sculpture.” For a brief moment HEARTS AND FLOWERS lets us admire a beautiful garden where love can form anywhere.